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Re: Tektite / Impactite
James Tobin wrote: (SNIP)
>"There can be a great difference between ones opinion and the facts. And I
>know some of my opinions in life are wrong. That difference should be
>maintained by the way our posts are written. It is healthy of course to
>discuss hard topics that is what makes our list interesting, but to
>overstate ones opinion, as if it is fact, when it is not substantiated by
>evidence does a disservice to the members of the list........(who are not
>specialists in that area or who are new to our field of science)." (SNIP)
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(Parentheses MINE - as I would take it further, Jim: it is a disservice
to ALL members of the list - period).
It is THE reason I use the delete button in ALMOST every thread - it
seems that within one, two, or, at the most, three posts, it
"degenerates" into sophmoric debate (the last time I used this term
SEVERAL people on the list actually thought I was criticising debate in
general, being elitist, etc, etc, - not so, as it is the SOPHMORIC
debate that drives me batty - presenting opinion as though it were fact
- then ARGUING upon that "basis" as though one were standing on the
solid ground of established and accepted "fact.")
In any event, WELL STATED, Jim!
Best wishes, Michael
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